"rhetorical question of the title suggests that her glamorous lifestyle might not have brought Marie-Claire happiness or contentment. Even though Sarstedt himself was not French, the song benefited from the contemporary awareness in Britain of such French and Belgian singers as Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel (Belgium-born of Flemish descent). The lyrics contain a large number of contemporary and other references: The version on the album ""Peter Sarstedt"" is longer than the radio edit version released as a single, having extra stanzas beginning ""You go to the embassy parties . . ."" and ""You're in between twenty and thirty. ."
"Peter Sarstedt Peter Eardley Sarstedt (10 December 1941 – 8 January 2017), briefly billed early in his career as ""Peter Lincoln"", was a British singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter. He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Clive ""Robin"" Sarstedt. Although his music was classified as pop, it generally encompassed ballads derived from traditional folk music rather than traditional rock and roll. He was best known for writing and performing the song ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969. Set to a ""faux European waltz tune"" and described as ""a romantic novel"
"Graham Sarstedt, 29 March 1940, in New Delhi, India) who also topped the UK Singles Chart himself in 1961, with ""Well I Ask You"", under the stage name Eden Kane. Peter Sarstedt (born Peter Eardley Sarstedt, 10 December 1941 Delhi, British India; died 8 January 2017 Sussex, England) best known for writing and performing the single ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"", which topped the UK Singles Chart in 1969. Sarstedt has appeared on many, many live music shows including ""Top of The Pops"". He initially recorded under the names ""Wes Sands"" (recorded by his manager, Joe Meek) ""and"
"boarding school in Kurseong in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, where his parents worked at a tea plantation. His family returned to the UK in 1954, settling in south London just before the rock 'n' roll boom, and the Sarstedt brothers started out performing skiffle. Sarstedt was a younger brother of the 1960s pop star Eden Kane, for whom he briefly played bass, and an elder brother of pop singer Clive Sarstedt. Sarstedt was best known for his 1969 UK number-one single, released on the United Artists label, ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"", a portrait of a"
"Whither Thou Goest ""Whither Thou Goest"" is a popular song written by Guy Singer. The song was published in 1954. The words are adapted from the Bible (Ruth 1:16-17) (King James Version). The most popular version was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. Other versions were made by Perry Como (for his album ""When You Come to the End of the Day""), Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album ""On the Sentimental Side"" (1962), George Morgan (see below), Mahalia Jackson (included in her album ""Great Songs of Love and Faith"" {1962}) and Leonard Cohen. The"
"Where Do You Go (Cher song) ""Where Do You Go"" is a song written by Sonny Bono. It was released as the first single by Cher in the later quarter of 1965 for her second album ""The Sonny Side of Cher"". It fell short of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100's top 20, but still earned Cher a moderate success, by reaching the Top 40. It was followed by the U.S. #2 smash hit ""Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"" which saw a release early the following year. It was a bigger hit in Canada, where it reached #5 on the"
"played in the movie Corrina, Corrina (film). On 23 April 1961, Judy Garland performed the song at the ""Judy at Carnegie Hall"" concert. Bryan Ferry recorded the song as a single with a video in 1975 reaching No.33 in the UK charts. You Go to My Head ""You Go to My Head"" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. Numerous versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard. Alec Wilder terms Coots' melody a ""minor masterpiece"". According to Ted Gioia, “’You Go to"
"Where Did Your Heart Go? ""Where Did Your Heart Go?"" is a song written by American musicians David Was and Don Was. The song was first recorded and released by the writers' disco-dance-rock band Was (Not Was) as a single in the UK as a double A-side with ""Wheel Me Out"" in September 1981. The single did not chart. It was featured as the second track on the band's début album ""Was (Not Was)"" in August 1981. French editions of the single included the track ""It's an Attack!"" as the B-side. A live recording of ""Where Did Your Heart Go?"""
"video for the Wham! version of the song was directed by George Michael and Andy Morahan. Where Did Your Heart Go? ""Where Did Your Heart Go?"" is a song written by American musicians David Was and Don Was. The song was first recorded and released by the writers' disco-dance-rock band Was (Not Was) as a single in the UK as a double A-side with ""Wheel Me Out"" in September 1981. The single did not chart. It was featured as the second track on the band's début album ""Was (Not Was)"" in August 1981. French editions of the single included the"
"Where Do You Go (La Bouche song) ""Where Do You Go"" is a song written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was first recorded by Eurodance band La Bouche in 1995 as an album-only song from their ""Sweet Dreams"" album. A cover version of the song was recorded by Europop group No Mercy, taken from their debut album ""My Promise"". On May 13, 1996, it was released as their first single and became a worldwide hit entering the Top-5 not only in Germany where the trio was based, but also in Australia, Austria, France, Switzerland, UK and US. Singer"
"Where Do You Go (La Bouche song) ""Where Do You Go"" is a song written by Peter Bischof and Franz Reuther. It was first recorded by Eurodance band La Bouche in 1995 as an album-only song from their ""Sweet Dreams"" album. A cover version of the song was recorded by Europop group No Mercy, taken from their debut album ""My Promise"". On May 13, 1996, it was released as their first single and became a worldwide hit entering the Top-5 not only in Germany where the trio was based, but also in Australia, Austria, France, Switzerland, UK and US. Singer"
"To Where You Are ""To Where You Are"" is a song performed by American singer Josh Groban on his 2001 debut album. It was written by Richard Marx and Linda Thompson and produced by Richard Marx. When released as a single in 2002, the song ""bubbled under"" the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, peaking at #116 in September of that year. It was more successful on the ""Billboard"" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, where it entered the chart in April 2002 and eventually spent two weeks atop the listing in August. It remained on this chart for 36 weeks. In November"
"Where Did Our Love Go ""Where Did Our Love Go"" is a 1964 song recorded by American music group the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, ""Where Did Our Love Go"" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States, a position it held for two weeks, from August 16 to August 29, 1964. It was also the first of five Supremes songs in a row to reach number one (the others being ""Baby Love"", ""Come"
"singles chart. Where Do You Go (Cher song) ""Where Do You Go"" is a song written by Sonny Bono. It was released as the first single by Cher in the later quarter of 1965 for her second album ""The Sonny Side of Cher"". It fell short of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100's top 20, but still earned Cher a moderate success, by reaching the Top 40. It was followed by the U.S. #2 smash hit ""Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"" which saw a release early the following year. It was a bigger hit in Canada, where it reached #5"
"Live!"". Source There Goes My Baby (Usher song) ""There Goes My Baby"" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by James Scheffer, Frank Romano, Danny Morris and Rico Love, with the latter producing the song with Jim Jonsin. The song was first released as the second promo single for his sixth studio album, ""Raymond v. Raymond"" (2010) on February 9, 2010, and later released to rhythmic and urban airplay as the album's fourth U.S. single from the album on June 15, 2010. It was later included the album's follow-up set, ""Versus"". ""There Goes My Baby"" is a"
"There Goes My Baby (Charlie Wilson song) ""There Goes My Baby"" is a song by American R&B singer Charlie Wilson. It was released on October 24, 2008, as the second single of his fourth studio album ""Uncle Charlie"", with the record labels Jive Records and Zomba Recording. The song was produced by Gregg Pagani and written by Babyface, Daryl Simmons, Kenneth Copeland, Marvin Eugene Smith, Gregg Pagani, Clarence Allen and Calvin Richardson. It was nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2010 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Wilson said: ""When they presented me with this song, I knew it was"
"You Go to My Head ""You Go to My Head"" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. Numerous versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard. Alec Wilder terms Coots' melody a ""minor masterpiece"". According to Ted Gioia, “’You Go to my Head’ is an intricately constructed affair with plenty of harmonic movement. The song starts in a major key, but from the second bar onward, Mr. Coots seems intent on creating a feverish dream quality tending more to the minor mode. The"
"There Goes My Baby (Usher song) ""There Goes My Baby"" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by James Scheffer, Frank Romano, Danny Morris and Rico Love, with the latter producing the song with Jim Jonsin. The song was first released as the second promo single for his sixth studio album, ""Raymond v. Raymond"" (2010) on February 9, 2010, and later released to rhythmic and urban airplay as the album's fourth U.S. single from the album on June 15, 2010. It was later included the album's follow-up set, ""Versus"". ""There Goes My Baby"" is a down-tempo R&B"
"1960 poster for ""The Millionairess"", which promoted the film as: ""The sultry story of the beautiful babe in the Balmain gown who pants for romance"". Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit single ""Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"" contains the line: ""Your clothes are all made by Balmain"". Balmain's vintage couture gowns remain popular and have been seen on Angelina Jolie, Penélope Cruz, Alexandra Kerry, Tatiana Sorokko, Kate Moss and Kristin Davis, among others. Rappers Akillezz, Kid Cudi and Singer Tory Lanez have a song named after Balmain. Balmain, Pierre, ""My Years and Seasons"", Cassell, London 1964 Pierre Balmain Pierre Alexandre"
"shops. The song went to number 1 in May 1965 and, according to some UK Charts, it knocked The Beatles's ""Ticket to Ride"" off the number one spot. A duet with Hatch, ""The Two of Us"", later achieved success on the Australian chart. Where Are You Now (My Love) ""Where Are You Now (My Love)"" is a 1965 song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, and recorded in December 1964 by Trent. The single gave Trent her only No. 1 hit when it reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for one week in May 1965. The song"
"""Flower Children,"" ""Flower Music"" and ""The Flower Generation."" Jerry Goldstein (producer) Gerald Goldstein (born February 17, 1940) is an American producer, singer-songwriter, talent manager, music executive, musician and entrepreneur. He was one of the members of The Strangeloves, the co-writer of ""My Boyfriend's Back"" (a hit song in 1963 for The Angels) and ""Come on Down to My Boat"", the producer and songwriter of War, and the former manager of Sly and the Family Stone. Goldstein produced a single with teenage singer, Nancy Baron in 1963 (""where did my Jimmy go?""/""Ta la la, I love you"") for the Diamond Record"
"in Vietnam, and foreseeing the end of the early optimism of the 1960s. Where Did Our Love Go ""Where Did Our Love Go"" is a 1964 song recorded by American music group the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, ""Where Did Our Love Go"" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States, a position it held for two weeks, from August 16 to August 29, 1964. It was also the first of five Supremes songs"
"Go Where You Wanna Go ""Go Where You Wanna Go"" is a 1965 song written by John Phillips. It was originally recorded by The Mamas & the Papas on their LP ""If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears"" and given limited release as a single. However, the record was withdrawn and its B-side reassigned to ""California Dreamin'."" ""Go Where You Wanna Go"" was later made into a hit by The 5th Dimension. P.F. Sloan played guitar on the song. John Phillips said that he wrote it about Michelle Phillips' affair with Russ Titelman, a songwriter and record producer. The"
"Where Am I Going? Where Am I Going? is the third studio album by singer Dusty Springfield, released on Philips Records in the UK in 1967. By now, firmly established as one of the most popular singers in Britain, with several hits in America as well, Springfield ventured into more varying styles than before and recorded a wide variety of material for this album. Rather than the straightforward pop of ""A Girl Called Dusty"" or the mix of pop and soul of ""Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty"", Springfield recorded a variety of styles from jazz to soul, to pop and even"
"There Goes My Baby (Trisha Yearwood song) ""There Goes My Baby"" is a song written by Annie Roboff and Arnie Roman, and recorded by American country music singer, Trisha Yearwood. It was released in April 1998 as the lead single from her studio album, ""Where Your Road Leads."" The song was the first single in which Yearwood acted as a co-producer, along with Tony Brown. The entire album the song came from was also produced by Yearwood and Brown together. The song is a ballad and tells the story of a woman who has just been dumped by her lover."
"Where Has Love Gone? (song) ""Where Has Love Gone?"" is a 1990 single from former Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Holly Johnson. It was released as the lead single from the 1991 album ""Dreams That Money Can't Buy"". The song was written solely by Johnson and produced by Andy Richards. Released as the lead single from the ""Dreams That Money Can't Buy"" album, the single only peaked at #73 in the UK for a total of two weeks. Around the time of the release, Johnson's relations with MCA had declined after Johnson had discovered that no promotion budget has been"
"Where Are You Now (My Love) ""Where Are You Now (My Love)"" is a 1965 song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, and recorded in December 1964 by Trent. The single gave Trent her only No. 1 hit when it reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for one week in May 1965. The song was featured in the popular television series ""It's Dark Outside"". ""Where Are You Now"" was Hatch and Trent's first composition together, and one of many hits they would have as a song writing partnership. Although Trent released two follow-up singles, these were only"
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) ""Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"" (often called simply ""Lover Man"") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger (""Ram"") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989. Holiday's version reached No. 5 on the R&B chart and No. 16 on pop in 1945. In July 1946, Charlie Parker recorded a rendition of ""Lover Man"" while he was intoxicated. Dial Records producer Ross Russell had to hold him up"
"9). The song debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week ending October 8, 2005. It has sold 1,021,000 digital copies in the US as of October 2015. When I Get Where I'm Going ""When I Get Where I'm Going<nowiki>'</nowiki>"" is a song written by George Teren and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in October 2005 as second single from his album ""Time Well Wasted"" and is his 14th career single (not counting album cuts). The song features harmony vocals from Dolly Parton."
"No Place to Go (song) ""No Place to Go"" is a song by the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's debut extended play, ""Geek!"", released in December 1985 on Fever Records. Featuring lyrics by vocalist David Conway and music by guitarist Kevin Shields, ""No Place to Go"" is considered the standout song on ""Geek!"" although Shields later referred to it as an ""absolute failure"" and ""unrepresentative of what [My Bloody Valentine] wanted to do."" All lyrics written by David Conway, all music composed by Kevin Shields. All personnel credits"
"family. Haven Gillespie James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975) pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of ""You Go to My Head"", ""Honey"", ""By the Sycamore Tree"", ""That Lucky Old Sun"", ""Breezin' Along With The Breeze"", ""Right or Wrong,"" ""Beautiful Love"", ""Drifting and Dreaming"", and ""Louisiana Fairy Tale""(Fats Waller's recording of which was used as the first theme song in the PBS Production of ""This Old House""), each song in collaboration with other people such as Beasley Smith, Ervin R. Schmidt, Richard A. Whiting, Wayne King,"
"Where Did Our Love Go (album) Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group The Supremes, released in 1964. The album includes several of the group's singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964. Included are the group's first Billboard Pop Singles number-one hits, ""Where Did Our Love Go"", ""Baby Love"", and ""Come See About Me"", as well as their first Top 40 hit, ""When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"", and the singles ""A Breathtaking Guy"" and ""Run, Run, Run"". With the release of this album, The Supremes became the first act in"
"Where Did the Good Times Go? ""Where Did the Good Times Go?"" is, what is popularly termed, the ""big ballad"" or ""11 o'clock number"" from the musical ""Over Here!"", which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway) on March 6, 1974. The song is the penultimate moment of drama when all seems lost toward the end of the second act. The song was somewhat successful as a single for Patty Andrews, who debuted the song in the show. The song was written by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. The recording on both the LP and the single"